R9 280X/HD 7900/8970 OEM
FOLDING@HOME PPD PERFORMANCE

GPU Folding Overview R9 280X/HD 7900/8970 OEM

Folding@Home PPD for the R9 280X/HD 7900/8970 OEM represents the averages of folding work unit samples collected from a wide variety of users different computer hardware configurations.

Average values are used to best represent folding PPD performance of a R9 280X/HD 7900/8970 OEM across different F@H projects and user variables such as power settings, overclocks, operating system and specific work units which can yield wildly different highs and lows for PPD scores on the same GPU platform.

Stats as ofSunday, 26 April 2026 03:04:51

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GPU PPD Average All OS

72,028

Average of 500 most recent PPD samples.

Work Unit Samples All OS

2,735

All-time sample volume for this GPU profile.

Overall Rank All GPUs

#340

Ranked 340 of 439 tracked GPUs.

Brand Rank AMD GPUs

#96

Ranked 96 of 133 AMD GPUs.

Folding STATISTICS Tahiti XT [R9 280X/HD 7900/8970 OEM] - AMD

DATA SAMPLES INFO
Filter applied, PPD samples all time
AVERAGE FOLDING PERFORMANCE
Based on ALL available PPD samples by filter
WORK UNIT PPD RECORDS
All Time
OS FILTER SAMPLES PPD
WU Per 24hrs
Time Per WU
Points Per WU
BEST PPD
WORST PPD
All OS AVG 2735 112,049 1.98 12 hrs 9 mins 56,718 379,703 6,972
Windows 2735 112,049 1.98 12 hrs 9 mins 56,718 379,703 6,972

Recent Work Unit Performance - R9 280X/HD 7900/8970 OEM

Average PPD is impacted by the types of research work units being done as they return different amounts of points and take different amounts of time.

The following shows the work unit allocation of research causes to better understand changes in PPD over time for the R9 280X/HD 7900/8970 OEM.

No work unit data recorded for the R9 280X/HD 7900/8970 OEM in the past 12 weeks.

Data is provided in legacy mode until new work units are folded using our web client.

Recent Work Unit Performance Clusters - R9 280X/HD 7900/8970 OEM

The following visualization illustrates the PPD / Credit allocation of work units across different research causes, providing insight into how PPD varies by work unit PPD samples for the R9 280X/HD 7900/8970 OEM.

This analysis helps better understand the relationship between research causes and PPD/Credit, highlighting any performance trends as clusters or anomalies as outliers.

R9 280X/HD 7900/8970 OEM kWh POWER CONSUMPTION & COST

Power consumption information for the R9 280X/HD 7900/8970 OEM is based on an average wattage taken from vendor information for the lowest and highest power draws for the GPU under folding@home compute loads.

Wattage information is only for the GPU and does not include the host computers power usage.

GPU Power Draw
Watts - TDP
Daily Power Usage
kWh
Points per
kWh
Daily Cost at $0.10
per kWh
Power Cost
per 1m Points
250 W 6.00 kWh 12,005 $0.60 $8.330

R9 280X/HD 7900/8970 OEM COMPUTE VS kWH USAGE DAY, MONTH, WEEK & YEAR

Folding@Home compute projections for the R9 280X/HD 7900/8970 OEM can be used to help inform long term point goals and related costs based on 24/7 usage.

Duration Nick Name Points
Average
Work Units
Average
Power Usage
kWh
Power Cost
at $0.10 per kWh
Day PPD 72,028 1.82 6.00 kWh $0.60
Week PPW 504,196 12.73 42.00 kWh $4.20
Month PPM 2,190,851 55.31 182.50 kWh $18.25
Year PPY 26,290,220 663.68 2190.00 kWh $219.00

5 BEST PPD RESEARCH PROJECTS - R9 280X/HD 7900/8970 OEM

The following data is the average PPD values for R9 280X/HD 7900/8970 OEM project work units based on multiple samples collected via the use of our Folding@Home Web Client.

PPD
Rank
Project
ID
Cause
Research
PPD
Average
Points WU
Average
WUs Day
Average
WU Time
Average
1 16773 cancer 361,378 53,000 6.82 3 hrs 31 mins
2 18450 influenza 304,786 240,448 1.27 18 hrs 56 mins
3 14939 parkinsons 254,862 81,596 3.12 7 hrs 41 mins
4 12424 alzheimers 225,224 96,773 2.33 10 hrs 19 mins
5 19323 AAA-protein-superfamily 206,101 57,309 3.60 6 hrs 40 mins

5 LOWEST PPD RESEARCH PROJECTS - R9 280X/HD 7900/8970 OEM

The following data is the average PPD values for R9 280X/HD 7900/8970 OEM project work units based on multiple samples collected via the use of our Folding@Home Web Client.

PPD
Rank
Project
ID
Cause
Research
PPD
Average
Points WU
Average
WUs Day
Average
WU Time
Average
1 19217 membrane transport 14,946 19,164 0.78 30 hrs 46 mins
2 12434 biofilm 46,777 33,557 1.39 17 hrs 13 mins
3 12431 cancer 54,871 43,664 1.26 19 hrs 6 mins
4 12432 cancer 64,621 55,024 1.17 20 hrs 26 mins
5 19507 Protein-Dynamics-Modeling 66,357 44,297 1.50 16 hrs 1 mins